Who becomes the peshwa after balaji baji rao ?
A) Narayana Rao
B) Balaji Vishwanath
C) Madhav Rao
D) Govind Rao

Hint:
Madhav rao was a peshwa after balaji baji rao. According to the Maratha empire, Peshwa used to be finance minister and prime minister of india. He was the fourth peshwa of the Maratha community.

Complete step by step solution:
The maratha empire was founded by chhatrapati shivaji bhosle. Balaji vishwanath was the first peshwa of maratha empire. Post shivaji five important centers of power had emerged. The families that ruled the power centers of maratha often used to clash among themselves and challenged authority at pune. This helped the east india company to easily defeat maratha.

The maratha had conflict with mughals. When madhav rao was peshwa when maratha empire recovered from the losses of the third battle of panipat in 1761. He was one of the greatest peshwa in maratha history.

Cause of decline of maratha empire are -
1) There was a lack of unity in maratha which was the main reason for the famous standoff.
2) They denied developing artillery as the main support of defence.
3) After the peshwa madhavrao no one was capable of leadership in the Maratha empire.
4) One reason for the decline of maratha was the british policy of divide and rule policy.

So option C is the correct answer.

Note:
In 1764 he acquired the kingdom of mysore and defeated hyder ali sultan of mysore. He played an important role in Maratha history. He is the greatest peshwa in maratha. The Maratha Empire has an important contribution in Indian history. The largest center of Maratha state of Maharashtra in India.